Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 13, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 16, 2026
Held by Bakelite Chemicals LLC
Filed Jun 16, 2006 as application 11/454,327 · Granted Sep 14, 2010
Base term plus 942 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2006
Jun 16, 2006
Term ends
Jan 13, 2029
Jan 13, 2029
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Sep 14, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
942
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 942 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 16, 2006, when this application, 11/454,327, was filed | Jun 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +942 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 13, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 13, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,803,879 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,795,354 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,169,157 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,217,065 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,169,364 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2006 Reel 18204, frame 405 | Srinivasan, Ramji; Gabrielson, Kurt; Hines, John B.; Hagiopol, Cornel | Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2007 Reel 18883, frame 713 | Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 250 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd.; Surface Tech LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 327 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70495, frame 222 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Bakelite Chemicals LLC | Change of Name |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 379 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Assignment of Patent and Trademark Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 13, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 942 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
128
later US patents cite this one
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